Facilities

At the heart of Chequer Mead is our purpose built, 320 seat theatre which is fully equipped with a full range of modern supporting facilities. In addition to the main house, we have a range of multi-purpose spaces ideal for corporate meetings, rehearsals, private functions, classes and events. We can comfortably cater for any number of people between 10 and 320.

You can use these pages to read about our extensive range of services and facilities available for hire. For more information, please click here.

Information

You'll find a wide variety of information about Chequer Mead within this section of our website. Everything from information on how to book, to details about our costume store is covered. If of course you can't find what you're looking for, please get in contact with a member of our team, who will be happy to help.

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Education at Chequer Mead

Chequer Mead is proud to host, support and provide a variety of educational schemes for children and adults of the local area. These include drama summer schools, work experience and theatre tours. For more information, choose an item from the list on the left.

Testimonials

We often hear from pleased and happy patrons and hirers. Here is a small selection of some of the letters we've recieved over the years.

"Everyone really enjoyed coming to Chequer Mead for our second dance show. What a fantastic venue! I really appreciated the work of the wonderful technical team, the kind and helpful ushers and of course the extremely organised office/box office staff. What a great team you have! We are really looking forward to coming again in two years time."

"Thank you very much for allowing me to come to Chequer Mead Theatre last week to participate in work experience and for making me feel so welcome whilst doing so. I had a brilliant time and learnt so much from you all and definitely have a better idea on the performing arts industry. It has inspired me to become a part of the inidustry and would definitely like to continue work and experience in my future."

"A brief note to thank you and your team for being so very suportive in allowing us to hold our charity band concert on Saturday. May I also pass through you, if I may, the very many plaudits I heard for the excellent food."

"I truly enjoyed my experience of working life at Chequer Mead and was really inspired by what I learned. It was very interesting to find out about all of the work that goes on in the theatre. I have to say my favourite my favourite areas were helping the technical department in the theatre and learning about the creation of the brochure with the marketing team."

"I would like to express on behalf of two of my residents and a member of my Nursing Staff, our grateful thanks for the way your staff looked after and accommodated their needs on the evening of Saturday 31st May 2008. My member of staff who accompianied our residents said; that your staff could not have been more hepful."

"Many thanks for all your help and support in respect of the concert. I would be grateful if you could kindly convery my thanks to your staff and volunteers who all made it run smoothly."